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"the american dream is more nightmare tham dream"-fredericka whitfield, cnn # Channel 13's Coverage: Lawmaker wants similar AZ immigration We Protest bill http://shar.es/meHSY # Houston polic chief opposes AZ law http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7462075 # Interracial Marriages Decline http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100526/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_interracial_marriage # Powered by Twitter Tools Share and Enjoy:

I previously posted some information about Houston’s own Juan Parras of the environmental group TEJAS and his arrest at a Chevron protest. His actions and those of others that day made national news. Check out the clip from Democracy Now! Share and Enjoy:

Riddle’s commentary in the following new piece suggests that the law enforcement officers would seek immigration enforcement after suspecting someone of “another crime.” What she does not reveal is that the bill that she introduced in the last legislative session makes unauthorized presence a crime.  It amends the Texas Penal Code to make unauthorized presence [...]

Juan Parras, a leader of the local environmental group called TEJAS, was arrested today in a protest against Chevron a few minutes ago.  A little information on the event: Protest Rally at Chevron in Houston Wednesday, May 26 2010 7-11am Houston, TX On May 26, 2010, Chevron will move its annual shareholder meeting from San [...]

t r u t h o u t | Hundreds of Union Janitors Fired Under Pressure From Feds http://bit.ly/daIvao # Powered by Twitter Tools Share and Enjoy:

Admiral Thad Allen is the US government’s top guy overseeing BP’s oil spill in the gulf. He was recently interviewed by CNN’s Candy Crowley. Even top Democrats, like James Carville, have railed against the Obama administrations response, lampooning the administration for thinking that “they are actually partners” with BP and for thinking that BP actually [...]

During his speech to West Point graduates today, Obama repeated the myth that the pretext for invading Iraq was America’s War of Terror.  I knew soon after the Bush administration slyly shifted the war’s rationale from the search for Weapons of Mass Destruction to an extension of Afghanistan, that the administration would eventually be successful in [...]

I am trying to confirm rumors that on May 26 Hispanic Republicans will be announcing support for the Arizona copycat law proposed by a state rep from Tomball or one of those other little enclaves. Anyway, if I get more concrete details, I’ll let you know. Share and Enjoy:

 This has pretty much been my position on several prior posts!  From MAPA and Hermandad The Mexican American Political Association (MAPA) and the Hermandad Mexicana Latinoamericana make a call for full support for the students and youth who are demonstrating courage in the struggle for legislation that they interpret will provide them an option to [...]

My friend, Stace, from DosCentavos.net beat me to the punch to blog about Sheriff Adrian Garcia’s decision to create an advisory commission on 287(g).  The 287(g) program essentially deputizes local law enforcement to look for and hand over people suspected of being undocumented.  Stace says: When I heard of Sheriff Adrian Garcia’s 287(g) commission, I [...]